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Satellite to Study Earth’s Water Arrives at Launch Site

October 20, 2022
. Satellite to Study Earth’s Water Arrives at Launch Site The international SWOT mission will view Earth’s ocean and surface water on land with unprecedented clarity. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where teams will begin final preparations for the spacecraft’s launch in…
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long-Awaited Salty Region

October 20, 2022
The rover has arrived at a special region believed to have formed as Mars’ climate was drying. After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the “sulfate-bearing unit,” a long-sought region of…
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NASA Telescope Takes 12-Year Time-Lapse Movie of Entire Sky

October 19, 2022
Pictures of the sky can show us cosmic wonders; movies can bring them to life. Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are revealing motion and change across the sky. Every six months, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or NEOWISE…
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NASA Dust Detective Delivers First Maps From Space for Climate Science

October 13, 2022
Measurements from EMIT, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, will improve computer simulations researchers use to understand climate change. NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission aboard the International Space Station has produced its first mineral maps, providing detailed images that show the composition of the surface in regions of northwest…
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NASA’s Mars Mission Shields Up for Tests

October 13, 2022
Protecting Mars Sample Return spacecraft from micrometeorites requires high-caliber work. Micrometeorites are a potential hazard for any space mission, including NASA’s Mars Sample Return. The tiny rocks can travel up to 50 miles per second. At these…
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NASA Study Suggests Shallow Lakes in Europa’s Icy Crust Could Erupt

October 12, 2022
New research makes hypotheses that NASA’s Europa Clipper can test: Any plumes or volcanic activity at the Jovian moon’s surface are caused by shallow lakes in its icy crust. In the search for life beyond Earth, subsurface bodies of water in our outer solar system are some of the most important targets. That’s why NASA is sending the Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon…
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NASA’s S-MODE Field Campaign Deploys to the Pacific Ocean

October 12, 2022
The mission’s fleet of ship, aircraft, and marine robotics will study ocean eddies and other elusive features near the surface that have a big influence on climate. When the research vessel Bold Horizon sailed from Newport, Oregon, in early October, it joined a small…
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NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm

October 8, 2022
. NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm InSight’s team is taking steps to help the solar-powered lander continue operating for as long as possible. NASA’s InSight mission, which is expected to end in the near future, saw a recent…
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JPL Developing More Tools to Help Search for Life in Deep Space

October 7, 2022
. JPL Developing More Tools to Help Search for Life in Deep Space A team at the Lab has invented new technologies that could be used by future missions to analyze liquid samples from watery worlds and look for signs of alien life. Are we alone in the universe? An answer to that age-old question has seemed tantalizingly within reach since the discovery of ice-encrusted moons…
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